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. >> well, i imagine that the republicans, rand paul, ron johnson on that committee were thinking to themselves, thinking ahead to 2016 and thinking we can get some footage here that can be used in attack ads against hillary clinton in 2016. now, instead what happened was that hillary clinton ate their lunch and walked out of that hearing room with a highlight reel of her own. she use those in ads. i agree that, you know, rand paul and rush limbaugh and people like that are not going to mick up hillary clinton's mind for her, but she did look like somebody who was up for the fight. >> let's show some of that to remind people how good it was. here is secretary of state hillary clinton in a tour deforce at the house and senate benghazi hearings which is probably what have the right so exorcised. she showed acuity, humanity, and charm. her republican questioners, not so much. senator ron jones from wisconsin prompted secretary clinton's heated defense. here is where the secretary gives the senator no quarter. >> when you're in these positions the last thing you want do is interfere -- >
. >> well, i imagine that the republicans, rand paul, ron johnson on that committee were thinking to themselves, thinking ahead to 2016 and thinking we can get some footage here that can be used in attack ads against hillary clinton in 2016. now, instead what happened was that hillary clinton ate their lunch and walked out of that hearing room with a highlight reel of her own. she use those in ads. i agree that, you know, rand paul and rush limbaugh and people like that are not going to...
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. >> and here's what senator ron johnson said this morning. >> we actually do have a constitution and we need to guard our freedoms. these are difficult issues to grapple with. i'm a little concerned they're going to try to rush this throughout of washington, d.c. within a month and i just don't think washington, d.c. is capable of solving this problem. >> is there any sense, jackie, that there's a rush being put on this. >> the advocates i talked to. i talked to senator blumenthal yesterday, it didn't seem like he's trying to rush anyone. there's a lot of conversations going on. senator schumer, senator feinstein, they've done this before. they know how long this takes. i don't think they're trying to rush something through, but again, it's the momentum question. they want to get something soon because right now there seems to be politically a will to do it. >> rem bring in congressman mike thompson he's leading the house democratic task force formed after the newtown shootings. congressman, good morning you. >> good morning, chris. thanks your interest in this important issue. >> yo
. >> and here's what senator ron johnson said this morning. >> we actually do have a constitution and we need to guard our freedoms. these are difficult issues to grapple with. i'm a little concerned they're going to try to rush this throughout of washington, d.c. within a month and i just don't think washington, d.c. is capable of solving this problem. >> is there any sense, jackie, that there's a rush being put on this. >> the advocates i talked to. i talked to senator...
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johnson from wisconsin. the very next day, you have the pentagon announcing that women will be in combat roles on the front line. nobody's talking about benghazi. they are talking about j.-- g.i. jane. is the obama administration that slick to erase the benghazi controversy by playing a card that doesn't even take effect until 2016? >> yeah, i don't think so. i mean, i don't think it's going to do much good. these things will be judged on the merits. it is the obama administration policy, is al qaeda decimated, is al qaeda on the run? or is there a resurgence in north africa? is it working? the fail tower engage in libya and the total failure in syria, way behind the french in mali. how is that working out? i think the approximately policies will be judged on the substance on benghazi. and the women in combat infantry, that's one of those things, i think the elites in washington, including republican senators are very timid about taking that on because of the war on women stuff and the 2012 campaign. they do
johnson from wisconsin. the very next day, you have the pentagon announcing that women will be in combat roles on the front line. nobody's talking about benghazi. they are talking about j.-- g.i. jane. is the obama administration that slick to erase the benghazi controversy by playing a card that doesn't even take effect until 2016? >> yeah, i don't think so. i mean, i don't think it's going to do much good. these things will be judged on the merits. it is the obama administration policy,...
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johnson and rand paul and those hearings this week. >> that's number one. i think the president and hillary have a mutual interest in having benghazi go away. another thing was something you mentioned to me earlier which is that the president who has gotten a lot of criticism lately for not having picked a lot of new nominees for who aren't white males and to remind people that one of the most important picks of his first term was a woman and not just any woman, but hillary rodham clinton ill think was a big deal. he was kind of reminding everybody, especially reminding women and hillary supporters and act viss and feminists. look who's sitting next to me. i made this person secretary of state. the asdigsal benefit of editing bill clinton completely out of the picture. the real attention here is bill clinton and barack obama. it's like the big chill turn sbood the big freeze. >> okay, hold that thought. let me get back to joy. remember he was still when george w. was elected president. bill was speaking out on a separate screen. let me ask you, i thought of
johnson and rand paul and those hearings this week. >> that's number one. i think the president and hillary have a mutual interest in having benghazi go away. another thing was something you mentioned to me earlier which is that the president who has gotten a lot of criticism lately for not having picked a lot of new nominees for who aren't white males and to remind people that one of the most important picks of his first term was a woman and not just any woman, but hillary rodham clinton...
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it started during the the hearing when senator ron johnson asked about the administration's misinformation on the benghazi attack, and listen to hillary's response. >> the fact is we have four dead americans. >> i understand. >> whether it's because of protest or guys out for a walk one night and decided they'd go i kill some americans, what difference at this point does it make? it is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent it from ever happening again, senator. it is from my perspective less important today looking backwards, as to why these militants decided they did it than to find them and bring them to justice and then maybe we'll figure out what was going on in the meantime. >> sean: what difference does it make? how about the difference between the truth and lying? now, while hillary clinton is on her way out of the state department, her possible successor senator john kerry he testified at his confirmation hearing earlier today and i couldn't help, but notice the shocking similarity between consider kerry today an he testified in 1971 when he famous
it started during the the hearing when senator ron johnson asked about the administration's misinformation on the benghazi attack, and listen to hillary's response. >> the fact is we have four dead americans. >> i understand. >> whether it's because of protest or guys out for a walk one night and decided they'd go i kill some americans, what difference at this point does it make? it is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent it from ever...
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it started during the the hearing when senator ron johnson asked about the administration's misinformation on the benghazi attack, and listen to hillary's response. >> the fact is we have four dead americans. >> i understand. >> whether it's because of protest or guys out for a walk one night and decided they'd go i kill some americans, what difference at this point does it make? it is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent it from ever happening again, senator. it is from my perspective less important today looking backwards, as to why these militants decided they did intr. >> sean: by the way, gengus his words not mine. >> and 40 years to pick up on the pronunciation. >> sean: he did and hope he understands it now. what did you think of hillary yesterday? >> i had the same reaction you did. and her accolites think it was aggressive and she fought back, but the reaction was appalling. i had the same reaction you had. what difference does it make? it is the difference between truth and untruth and candor and deception and admitting candidly to the american
it started during the the hearing when senator ron johnson asked about the administration's misinformation on the benghazi attack, and listen to hillary's response. >> the fact is we have four dead americans. >> i understand. >> whether it's because of protest or guys out for a walk one night and decided they'd go i kill some americans, what difference at this point does it make? it is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent it from ever...
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johnson and rand paul and those hearings this week? >> there are a couple things. first of all, it is true that hillary's last sort of public performance in an official capacity was defending herself on the hill well, but under attack. >> on benghazi. >> on benghazi. that's number one. i think the president and hillary have a mutual interest in having benghazi go away. and go away with a nice ribbon tied around it. that's number one. another thing was something you mentioned to me earlier, which is that the president has gotten a lot of criticism lately for not having picked a lot of new nominees who aren't white males. >> yeah. >> and to the remind people that one of the most important picks in his first term was a woman and not just any woman, but hillary rodham clinton, i think was a big deal. he was kind of reminding everybody, especially reminding women, especially hillary supporters, reminding activists, reminding feminists, look who is sitting next to me. i made this person secretary of state. has the additional benefit of editi
johnson and rand paul and those hearings this week? >> there are a couple things. first of all, it is true that hillary's last sort of public performance in an official capacity was defending herself on the hill well, but under attack. >> on benghazi. >> on benghazi. that's number one. i think the president and hillary have a mutual interest in having benghazi go away. and go away with a nice ribbon tied around it. that's number one. another thing was something you mentioned...
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rand paul is all about 2016 and ron johnson had his talking points he wanted to get in, and she doesn't suffer fools, particularly on something like this, where i think as you saw at the beginning, it's personal. this is a big deal. this is very serious. this shouldn't be about, you know, the talking points that we were talking about back during the campaign. this should be about how do we move forward, particularly given i think we now can see sort of a bigger picture of what's happening in north africa between mali and algeria and have a bigger understanding of whether or not that may or may not have played a role in what was unfolding. >> right. well, there is the actual foreign policy piece, then there's the partisan ranker. maggie, before this began, we were looking at hillary clinton's approval ratings. 67% favorable, 26% unfavorable, 6% no opinion. we don't know if she's running for office in 2016, right? but certainly, some of this criticism, some of this questioning, is perhaps directing at poking some holes in the clintonian armor, if you will. >> perhaps. i would go there. no
rand paul is all about 2016 and ron johnson had his talking points he wanted to get in, and she doesn't suffer fools, particularly on something like this, where i think as you saw at the beginning, it's personal. this is a big deal. this is very serious. this shouldn't be about, you know, the talking points that we were talking about back during the campaign. this should be about how do we move forward, particularly given i think we now can see sort of a bigger picture of what's happening in...
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joining us now is jason johnson, and republican strategist ron bonjean. jason, i want to get your thoughts on this ad. it's powerfupowerful. >> it's powerful and ridiculous. look, the president's children should always be off limits in any sort of political discussion. and the idea that them get prognosis tekted is in some way an indicator of him not caring about other children is ridiculous. but it is the nra, and i don't think it fur thers the debate a all and lowers it to name calling. >> ron, do you think it's ridiculous? >> i think it is probably over the top but extremely effective. people are already talking about it. they're trying to get an effort going regarding protection in schools, having, you know, armed guards in schools. do i think that's possible? the money isn't there for it. but the ad itself is driving news on it. and, yes, it is quite aggressive, but it is effective. everybody is talking about it right now. >> a lot of free advertising here on cnn, i got to admit to that. the ad doesn't just target president obama now. take a look at
joining us now is jason johnson, and republican strategist ron bonjean. jason, i want to get your thoughts on this ad. it's powerfupowerful. >> it's powerful and ridiculous. look, the president's children should always be off limits in any sort of political discussion. and the idea that them get prognosis tekted is in some way an indicator of him not caring about other children is ridiculous. but it is the nra, and i don't think it fur thers the debate a all and lowers it to name calling....